World Giving Index 2021

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Context: India emerges as 14th most charitable country in the World.

World Giving Index 2021

• WGI is a global survey, which has interviewed more than 1.6 million people since 2009.
• It asks each of them three questions: have they helped a stranger, given money, or volunteered for a good cause over the past month.

Released by:

The Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF), this year’s survey highlights the impact of lockdowns on charitable giving.

Key findings of the report:

• India is 14th most charitable country. India is now in the Top 20 most generous countries in the world. This is up from the 10-year global rank of 82.
• Australia and New Zealand, maintained their top 10 rankings.
• Communities around the world mobilised to help fellow citizens during the pandemic, resulting in the highest ‘helped a stranger’ figures since 2009.
• The improvement in India is seen across all the age groups and amongst both men and women. 61 per cent of Indians helped strangers; 34 per cent volunteered; and 36 per cent donated money.

http://newsonair.com/2021/06/15/india-emerges-as-14th-most-charitable-country-in-the-world/